Month: September 2021

In a surprise reveal, Insomniac has announced Spider-Man 2, continuing the story of Peter Parker and Miles Morales in its video game Spider-verse, coming exclusively to PlayStation 5 in 2023.

Revealed at today’s PlayStation Showcase event, Venom was teased as at least one of the big bads you’ll face in a trailer also showing Peter and Miles taking down criminals together.

“While pushing the capabilities of the [PS5] will be very exciting, we’re equally pumped to craft all-new stories for Peter and Miles in this sequel,” Insomniac’s Ryan Schneider said in a post on the PlayStation blog. “Just as in our previous Spider-Man games, we not only want to tell a great Super Hero story, but also deliver a compelling human story, one full of heart and humor that dives deep into the people behind the mask.”

Schneider goes on to say that much of the original development team is returning for the sequel, including Creative Director Bryan Intihar and Game Director Ryan Smith. He also confirmed that Yuri Lowenthal and Nadji Jeter will reprise their roles as Peter and Miles, respectively, and that Tony Todd will voice Venom.

After introducing the series with Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac kicked off the PS5’s life with the superb expand-alone game, Spider-Man: Miles Morales. That spin-off set things up for a sequel that could feature Peter Parker and Miles, and it seems Insomniac has been working on just that.

It was also revealed during the showcase that Insomniac is making a Wolverine game with Marvel as well.

Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: Lost Legacy are being remastered for PC and PS5 by Iron Galaxy.

Revealed at today’s PlayStation Showcase event, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection will feature enhanced versions of both of the Naughty Dog adventures release for PS4. You can see some of the screenshots from the next-gen remaster just below.

Uncharted 4 was first released back in 2016, which we awarded a 9/10 in our review. Uncharted: Lost Legacy, a side-story of sorts, was released the following year.

Sony has been investing more heavily in porting its exclusives to PC in the last year, and even bought Dutch studio Nixxes to assist with that move. Apparently, Epic previously offered $200 million to make that happen, but Sony seems to have gone in a different direction.

The Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection will release in early 2022.

In a surprise reveal at today’s PlayStation Showcase, Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games revealed that it has a Wolverine game in development for PS5, seemingly titled simple Marvel’s Wolverine.

The reveal was done via a very brief teaser trailer, in which we see Wolverine in a cowboy hat sitting at a bar as a large man advances on him from behind. As the man gets closer, Wolverine extends his claws, revealing his identity.

Aside from that, the PlayStation blog stated that Marvel’s Wolverine is a “standalone game” and is being directed by Brian Horton and Cameron Christian, the latter of whom was a creative lead on Miles Morales. It’s still “very early” in development, but one hint to its story offered by the blog compared it to Spider-Man, in that “Both heroes feel deeply compelled to defend people who are less able to do so.”

That’s it for now. Insomniac’s been a busy place lately though, with the recent release of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which we found to be a “stunner” and a “fantastic experience.” We similarly loved Marvel’s Spider-Man and Miles Morales, effectively solidifying Insomniac’s superb track record with these kinds of games. It also just announced today that it’s working on Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, exclusive to PS5. Though we don’t know what genre Wolverine will fall into, Insomniac has built some serious goodwill with Marvel titles already, so we’ll be looking forward to seeing more of this as it gets closer to release.

Unfortunately, there’s no release date or window forthcoming for Wolverine, and so far it seems like it might be a PlayStation exclusive, or even a PS5 exclusive, as the final title card stated it’s “In Development for PlayStation 5.”

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt is coming to PlayStation 5 later this year. Announced at today’s PlayStation Showcase event, the free-to-play battle royale is coming before the end of 2021, but we don’t have an exact date yet.

More details were announced on the PlayStation Blog, including that the game will aim to hit 60 fps, and it will, “make full use of the DualSense controller.”

Bloodhunt is set in the World of Darkness universe. In Bloodhunt, players control vampires fighting off hunters by using supernatural powers. The game is out now in early access on Steam. Bloodhunt is the debut game from UK and Sweden-based developer Sharkmob. It was originally revealed in late 2020.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

If you somehow haven’t gotten enough of a taste of what Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will have to offer when it launches next month, today’s PlayStation Showcase delivered with yet another look at some of the humorous, snappy story moments coming up in the Guardians’ adventure.

The new trailer opens with the Grand Unifier, who we’ve seen in previous trailers, giving a dark, ominous speech before Star-Lord feigns a heart attack to, one can only presume, distract or throw him off balance, while Gamora shakes her head in exasperation. And it all goes silly from there.

We also get a look at Cosmo, a dog with superpowers, intelligence, and the ability to telepathically communicate, who has a prior relationship with the Guardians. There are more looks at combat (both on foot and in space!) and hints at some big dramatic moments.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is still geared up for release on October 26 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch via cloud, following its announcement earlier this year. We’ve already seen tons of the game so far, including a cinematic trailer centered around Grand Unifier Raker, and deep dives into changes to Star-Lord’s backstory.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

After going quiet for some time, Shinji Mikami’s Ghostwire: Tokyo reappeared today, showing off new visuals from the upcoming supernatural thriller but otherwise offering little in the way of new info.

Shown at today’s PlayStation Showcase event, you can see some of the images from the trailer below.

The Oni mask bleeding black blood is perfectly scary, at least.

Despite being made by a Bethesda studio, Ghostwire: Tokyo is one of the few games that will remain PS5 console exclusives despite an acquisition by Microsoft. Mikami’s previously told us that it technically isn’t a horror game, and it was delayed to early 2022 to protect the health of staff working on it.

Ghostwire: Tokyo is still expected to be released early next year.

We’ve gotten our first look at Grand Theft Auto 5 as a PS5 game.

Seen in action at today’s PlayStation Showcase event, the PS5 remaster of Grand Theft Auto 5 will see Michael, Franklin, and Trevor back on the streets of Los Santos, and looking better than ever. The new trailer also points to a March 2022 release date, a delay from the previously-announced November 11, 2021 date.

When it arrives with an upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, it will mark the third generation of consoles GTA 5 has been released on. The upgrade applies to both the single player game, and GTA Online. Before that, we’re also expecting to see surprises related to the 20th anniversary of GTA 3 on October 22.